The Chicago Bulls have waived guard Jaden Ivey for "conduct detrimental to the team" after he posted a lengthy social media video rant expressing anti-gay sentiments, including opposition to Pride Month.
The Bulls acquired the 24-year-old Purdue alum, the fifth overall pick in the 2022 draft, from the Detroit Pistons before last month’s trade deadline. He averaged 15.8 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 4.5 assists across 151 of 164 games to start his career, but knee issues limited him to 30 games last season and sidelined him for the first 15 games this year.
Sometimes, drunken nights can lead to sobering profits. That's certainly true for Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli, who came up with the idea for a parody of the 1997 global box-office hit Titanic one night after a few martinis.
It took builders nearly three years to complete construction on the real vessel. It didn't end well. It took Mindelle and Rousouli three times as long to bring their once modest show Titanique to Broadway. But, along with co-creator and director Tye Blue, they have succeeded -- and quite marvelously.
An iceberg may have thwarted plans of the original voyage but even a global pandemic couldn't stop the momentum behind this hull of hilarity, which has docked at the St. James Theatre for a "strictly limited run." Time will tell how strict it really is and whether producers will find a way to keep it open past mid-July. Judging from past audience approval and strong critical reception, the chances are good.
What a courageous and purposeful life John Lewis led! And what an inspiring story his life makes in the new musical Young John Lewis: Prodigy of Protest, making its D.C. debut in a spirited production at Mosaic Theater.
Tracing the late congressman's extraordinary journey from ordinary Black teen in the segregated South to influential firebrand of the Civil Rights Movement, the show -- with book and lyrics by Psalmayene 24 and music by Kokayi, and directed by Reginald L. Douglas -- aims to inspire. The arc of Lewis' life keenly illustrates the power of one person to galvanize many and make change, and that message resonates onstage from beginning to end.
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